The University of Massachusetts football team hasn't faired very well in the 2013 Mid-American Conference positional rankings series that the SB Nation MAC blog Hustle Belt has been running the last few weeks. Towards the bottom of nearly every list, the highest the Minutemen had reached was sixth, which was for the work done by punter Colter Johnson and the UMass special teams.

Well, my friends, the Power and Class of New England has changed all that.

One of the under-discussed side effects of the low turnouts at Gillette Stadium last season was how it affected the school's band. Not surprisingly, there weren't many people left in the stands by the time it was the marching band's turn to take the field after the final whistle.

And that's a shame.

At the very least, this ranking would make the late, great George N.Parks proud.